Mark Walter is a founder and the chief executive officer of Guggenheim Partners, a privately held global financial services firm with more than $240 billion in assets under management and headquarters in Chicago and New York. He is also the Chairman of the Los Angeles Dodgers Major League Baseball franchise.
Biography
Mark is a Cedar Rapids, Iowa native and Graduate of Cedar Rapids Jefferson High School. In 1996, he co-founded the Liberty Hampshire Company, LLC with Steven E. Johnson, in Chicago. In 2000, he helped found Guggenheim Partners, LLC. Today, he is the chief executive officer of Guggenheim Partners, which has rapidly grown into a global, diversified financial services firm with more than $260 billion in assets under management, 2,300 employees, and 25 offices in six countries around the world.
On May 1, 2012, Walter helped lead Guggenheim Baseball Management, LLC, a private partnership formed in 2011 to acquire the Los Angeles Dodgers, in the successful purchase of the storied baseball franchise for $2.15 billion. His partners in Guggenheim Baseball Management include Todd Boehly, Bobby Patton, Peter Guber, Stan Kasten, and Earvin “Magic” Johnson.
On December 10, 2012, in its annual survey of the “50 Most Influential People in Sports Business,” the SportsBusiness Journal named Walter the 8th most influential person in sports business due to the historic Dodgers purchase.
Mark Walter also serves as a trustee or director of several organizations including the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, Northwestern University and the Field Museum.
Walter and several of his partners also bought the Los Angeles Sparks basketball team in 2014.
| Mark Walter | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1960 Iowa |
| Alma mater | Creighton University (B.A.) Northwestern University (J.D.) |
| Occupation | Founder, Chief Executive Officer of Guggenheim Partners Chairman of Los Angeles Dodgers |
| Home town | Cedar Rapids, Iowa |
| Spouse(s) | Kimbra Walter |
Mark Walter is the founder and chief executive officer of Guggenheim Partners, which is a world-wide financial services organization that is held privately. It has over US$ 170 billion in assets under management and is headquartered in Chicago and New York. It is one of the top 10 exchange-traded funds providersin the United States. Its offerings include the Guggenheim S&P 500 Equal Weight ETF and Guggenheim BRIC ETF. He also serves as the chairman of the Los Angeles Dodgers Major League Baseball franchise. He helped Guggenheim Baseball Management, LLC. acquire the team for US$ 2.2 billion.
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